A note about the argument of 01Net to justify their act of wrapping BFMTV toolbar into Notepad++ (and other Open Source Softwares) - "the intention to provide an optional service": I don't call that "an optional service" since such parasite software is downloaded without users' knowledge and it's checked in their homemade installer by default.

There are a lot of sites hosting modified softwares from the legitimate works of developers on Internet, 01Net is one of them.

Notepad++ installer never had a history of (and) will not contain unrelated/useless components (I call them parasite softwares, they are usually suggested as a part of installation and are sometimes installed in the background without user’s knowledge, for the impatient careless users who clicks next without understanding their actual purpose), though I have got lot of such offers in the past - 1 USD paid per installation of those components with Notepad++ I never encouraged them to be a part of the purpose behind my work.

Recently I was surprised to find such installer in the name of Notepad++ hosting on 01Net site which binds such parasite software (in this case the toolbar of BFM TV) within Notepad++ installer. It’s not the only case with Notepad++, I found a lot of such open source softwares binded by their shameless "installer" - always distributed under legitimate software names through the sites like 01Net and its alike.

The same phenomenon for Softonic, they provide homemade installers with a parasite software for the open source softwares, always distributed under legitimate software names.

Obviously the paid component for per installation is “one of the” important income generating scam, I would be fine with that if they were the actual owners of those legitimate softwares. The real problem is, they are polluting these open source softwares which are developed for a purpose with their scams to fill their pockets, worst of all without even notifying the authors/creators of those softwares while the creators are struggling against such parasite softwares, in order to keep their installers cleaner and safer.

The actions of 01Net and Softonic are just unacceptable.

I humbly request the Notepad++ users not to encourage such scams and educate others not to download softwares (not only Notepad++) from 01Net and Softonic or its alike. Please preserver the purpose of Open Source Community and encourage the works of true authors/creators.